Obituaries
Lee Tidwell Cook
Apr 19, 2017
Lee Viola Cook passed away on April 19, 2017. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017, at Bethany Church Cemetery in Cochran, GA, with Gabby Loyd officiating. The family will greet friends Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 4-6:00 p.m. at Hart's Jones County Chapel. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Ms. Cook...
Francis Fife
Apr 17, 2017
Francis Yentzer "Frank" Fife, died Monday, April 17, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM, Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, with the Reverend Bobby Gale officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will be private at Riverside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations...
Bryan Edward Blair
Apr 17, 2017
LCDR Bryan Edward Blair, US Navy Ret., died Monday, April 17, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00AM, Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Hart's at the Cupola, with Dr. Baxter Hurley officiating. The family will greet friends Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 5-7:00 p.m. at Hart's at the Cupola. Donations may be made to www.newtownmacon.com/donate/. Mr. Blair, son...
Joseph "Joe" Wayne Barton
Apr 15, 2017
Joseph "Joe" Wayne Barton passed away on April 15, 2017. A celebration of his life and reception will be held on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 1:00PM at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia 31210. Joe was predeceased by his parents, James Columbus...
Terrell Dean "Terry" Howell
Apr 14, 2017
Terrell Dean "Terry" Howell, 68, died Friday, April 14, 2017. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, 765 Cherry Street, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 1:30 PM, with Dr. Tab Howell and the Reverend Harry Goff officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends for 30 minutes prior to the...
Ruth Wirick Jennings
Apr 14, 2017
Ruth Wirick Jennings, 89, died April 14, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 1:00PM on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Valdosta, Georgia. The Reverend John McGowan will be officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, Acolyte Program or the Altar Guild, 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. The...
Hilda Carr Barefoot
Apr 13, 2017
Hilda Carr Barefoot, 73, of Roberta, Georgia, died Thursday, April 13, 2017. Graveside services will be held on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 2:00PM at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will greet friends at the graveside following the service. Mrs. Barefoot is survived by her sons and daughter, James Ray Barefoot, Terry Wayne Barefoot, Sr. and Debra...
Greg Case
Apr 11, 2017
Greg Case, 61, of Macon, Georgia, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Memorial services will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, Jones County Chapel, with the Reverend Jerry Stephens officiating. Burial will be private. The family will greet friends on Friday from noon until 2:00PM at the funeral home. Mr. Case...
Mary Catherine "Shorty" Daniels
Apr 10, 2017
Mary Catherine "Shorty" Daniels, 91, died peacefully at Magnolia Manor in Americus, Georgia on April 10, 2017. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:00AM at West View Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 from 6:00PM-8:00PM at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola. Shorty was a member...
James Earl Thornton
Apr 10, 2017
James Earl Thornton passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 2:00PM at Christ Church. The Reverend Cynthia Knapp will be officiating with burial following at Riverside Cemetery. The family may be contacted at the residence. Mr. Thornton was predeceased by his daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Margaret Anne Thornton...
Martha Coggins
Apr 10, 2017
May 11, 1928 - April 10, 2017 Macon, GA- Martha Coggins cast her last ray of sunlight on the world when she was finally called home on April 10, 2017. A woman of incredible inner strength who embodied "calm force", she imprinted a positive spirit and joyful demeanor on everyone she met. Born to William Isaac Powell and Arliffa...
Brenda Ledbetter Stacey
Apr 10, 2017
Brenda Ledbetter Stacey went home to be with her Lord on Monday, April 10, 2017. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017 at 11:00AM at Mabel White Baptist Church. The Reverends Joe McDaniel and Dr. Lee Sheppard will be officiating with burial following at Macon Memorial Park. A visitation will be held one hour prior to...
Mary Louise Stripling
Apr 9, 2017
Mary Louise Stripling, 98, of Gray, Georgia, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:00AM in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary, 765 Cherry Street, with burial in Middle Georgia Memory Gardens. The family will greet friends on Wednesday from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at the funeral home. Mrs. Stripling was the...
Jean W. Carter
Apr 5, 2017
Jean Carter passed away at her home Wednesday morning, April 5, 2017. She was born Mamie Jean Williams on August 17, 1925 in the Hopewell Community, Chambers County, Alabama, the youngest child of Thomas Jackson Williams and Lillie Bell Prophett Williams. Her family moved to Bluffton, Georgia the next year where she grew up with her brothers Amos, Carl,...
Arnold Blum
Apr 5, 2017
Mr. Arnold S. Blum,life-long resident of Macon, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, April 5th, 2017. He was born on April 21,1922, the son of Arie Isidore and Madeleine Binswanger Blum. He graduated from Lanier High School and, as a member of the golf team, won the state high school golf championships in 1937 and 1939. As a member of...
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Davis
Apr 1, 2017
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Davis passed peacefully on 04/01/17 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Jasper County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late William Kitchens and Nina Chaffin. Her life included many occupations, people, and adventures. She was always the center of attention, the life of the party, a consummate storyteller, and instigator of fun. Her hobbies...
Kathryn Mccullough Kennedy
Mar 31, 2017
MACON - Kathy Kennedy was born in Montgomery, Alabama and moved to Macon when she was a little girl. She was the daughter of Harold and Jean Culpepper Norris, and the granddaughter of Ernest and Beatrice Culpepper and John and Vaunita Bremer Kennedy. She was predeceased by her parents, grandparents, brother, John Lester Kennedy, aunt, Lesley Susan Kennedy Bennett,...
Hubert O. Kitchens
Mar 30, 2017
Hubert O. Kitchens passed away on March 30, 2017. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 2:00PM at Martha Bowman Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Bass Road, Macon, GA 31210 with the Reverend Tim Steffen officiating. Burial will be private at Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. In...
Reba Ogletree Cooper
Mar 29, 2017
Reba Ogletree Cooper, 93, of Macon died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at a local hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Reba, as she was affectionately known, was an avid gardener and a member of various Garden Clubs, during her long life. She loved her flowers and was a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of them; she...
Mary Evelyn Salter
Mar 27, 2017
Mary Evelyn Salter, born Mary Evelyn Cumbus in Orlando Florida on February 14th, 1928. The only child to Mary Eleanor Doles and Orion Cleveland Cumbus passed away peacefully in the presence of family on March 27th, 2017 in Fleming Island, Florida. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 31, 2017 at 12:00PM at Hart's Mortuary at the Cupola,...








